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Anissa’s comments from the 2025 Reading Challenge group.

Okay, so dorky question...this is the first year I have worked with the tickerfactory.com tracking bars and I cannot get the information I update via the PIN to show up when I update my posts in the corresponding challenge thread. Do I have to recopy/repaste the HTML link generated after each PIN update? I have tried this but the link seems to be the same as the one generated when I first created the ticker. If that is the case do the changes take time to show up in the threads?

Updated #49

1,057/7,000

1. Would you prefer to read something based in reality or fantasy?
Fantasy

2. Would you rather read a YA or adult book?
Either

3. What three genres are you interested in reading next month? (I promise that the pairings are better if you're specific here. "Anything" or "Fiction" are a little too broad.)
Epic fantasy romance, historical romance, and classics

4. Have you participated before?
Yes

Personal Reading Challenge (2016)

Goal: 15; Progress: 13/15

1. Frostfire (Kanin Chronicles #1)-Amanda Hocking: 100% (Completed: 01/24/16)
2. Catching Fire (Hunger Games, #2)-Suzanne Collins: 100% (Completed: 02/15/16)
3. Deep Blue (Waterfire Saga, #1)-Jennifer Donnelly: 100%(Completed: 02/21/16)
4. The Rogue Not Taken (Scandal & Scoundrel, #1)-Sarah MacLean: 100% (Completed: 03/22/16)
5. Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)-Suzanne Collins: 100% (Completed: 04/16/16)
6. Rogue Wave (Waterfire Saga, #2)-Jennifer Donnelly: 100% (Completed: 05/09/16)
7. All The Queen's Players-Jan Feather: 100% (Completed: 05/26/16)
8. The Thirteenth Tale-Diane Setterfield: 100% (Completed: 06/25/16)
9. Solider (Talon, #3)-Julie Kagawa: 100% (Completed: 07/10/16)
10. The Orphan Queen (The Orphan Queen, #1)-Jodi Meadows: 100% (Completed: 07/25/16)
11. Dark Tide (Waterfire Saga, #3)-Jennifer Donnelly: 100% (Completed: 08/13/16)
12. Sea Spell (Waterfire Saga, #4)-Jennifer Donnelly: 100% (Completed: 10/21/16)
13. Someone to Watch Over Me (Bow Street Runners, #1)-Lisa Kleypas: 100% (Completed: 12/22/16)

Let's Turn Pages Challenge (2016)

Goal: 7,000; Progress: 6,966/7,000

1. Frostfire (Kanin Chronicles #1)-Amanda Hocking: 90/90 (231 pages (2015) + 90 pages (2016)=321 pages; Completed: 01/24/16)
2. Catching Fire (Hunger Games, #2)-Suzanne Collins: 391/391 (Completed: 02/15/16)
3. Deep Blue (Waterfire Saga, #1)-Jennifer Donnelly: 324/324 (Completed: 02/21/16)
4. The Rogue Not Taken (Scandal & Scoundrel, #1)-Sarah MacLean: 419/419 (Completed: 03/22/16)
5. Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)-Sarah Maas: 74/405
6. An Equal Music-Vikram Seth: 164/383
7. The Dragon Keeper (Rain Wild Chronicles, #1)-Robin Hobb: 21/553
8. Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)-Suzanne Collins: 392/392 (Completed: 04/16/16)
9. Rogue Wave (Waterfire Saga, #2)-Jennifer Donnelly: 297/297 (Completed: 05/09/16)
10. A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy, #1)-Deborah Harkness: 391/579
11. All the Light We Cannot See-Anthony Doerr: 72/597
(47 pages (2015) + 550 (2016)=597 pages; Completed:)
12: All The Queen's Players-Jan Feather: 333/333 (122 pages (2015) + 333 (2016)=455 pages; Completed: 05/26/16)
13. The Thirteenth Tale-Diane Setterfield: 406/406(Completed: 06/25/16)
14. Soldier-Julie Kagawa (Talon, #3): 416/416 (Completed: 07/10/16)
15. Outlander (Outlander, #1)-Diana Gabaldon: 39/642
16. The Orphan Queen (The Orphan Queen, #1)-Jodi Meadows: 416/416 (Completed: 07/25/16)
17. Ticker-Lisa Mantchev: 30/276
18. Dark Tide (Waterfire Saga, #3)-Jennifer Donnelly: 398/398 (Completed: 08/13/16)
19. The Dragonstone (Mithgar Series, #1)-Dennis McKiernan: 68/576
20. Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle, #1)-Christopher Paolini: 380/503
21. Sea Spell (The Waterfire Saga, #4)-Jennifer Donnelly:357/357 (Completed: 10/21/16)
22. A Scot in the Dark (Scandal & Scoundrel, #2)-Sarah MacLean: 181/400
23. Seraphina (Seraphina, #1)-Rachel Hartman (190/499)
24. A Whole New World (A Twisted Tail, #1)-Liz Braswell (210/384)
25. Someone to Watch Over Me (Bow Street Runners, #1)-Lisa Kleypas: 362/362 (Completed: 12/22/16)
26. Matched (Matched, #1)-Ally Condie (233/369)
27. A Tapestry of Spells (Nine Kingdoms, #4)-Lynn Kurland (231/368)
28. Ruby Red (The Ruby Red Trilogy, #1)-Kerstin Gier (13/322)
29. Falling Into Bed with a Duke (The Hellions of Havisham, #1)-Lorraine Heath (53/372)
30. Heir to the Duke (The Duke's Sons, #1)-Jane Ashford (15/384)

Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge (2016)

Goal: 10; Progress: 2/10

1. Read a horror book: Fateful-Claudia Gray (Completed:)
4. Read a book out loud to someone else: The Rogue Not Taken (Scandal & Scoundrel, #1)-Sarah MacLean (Completed: 03/22/16)
5. Read a middle grade novel: Crenshaw-Katherine Applegate (Completed:)
6. Read a biography (not memoir or autobiography)
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel: The Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)-Suzanne Collins (Completed: 04/16/16)
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born
9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award
10. Read a book over 500 pages long: A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy, #1)-Deborah Harkness: 579 pages (Completed:)
11. Read a book under 100 pages
15. Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900: (Completed:)
16. Read the first book in a series by a person of color
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better.: (Completed:)
22. Read a food memoir
23. Read a play: Trolius and Cressida (Completed:)
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness: The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music (Completed:)

A To Z Challenge-Character Edition

Goal: 26; Progress: 9/26

A: Astrid Kolfinnsdottier-Sea Spell
B: Bryn Aven-Frostfire
C:
D:
E: Ember Hill-Soldier
F:
G:
H:
I:
J:
K: Katniss Everdeen-Catching Fire
L:
M: Margaret Lea-The Thirteenth Tale
N:
O:
P:
Q:
R: Rosamund Walsingham-All the Queen's Players
S: Sophie Talbot-The Rogue Not Taken
T:
U:
V: Victoria Devane-Someone to Watch Over Me
W: Wilhelmina Korte-The Orphan Queen
X:
Y:
Z:

2016 Every Year Challenge

Goal: 8, every year since I graduated with my Bachelors Degree (2009); Progress: 1/8

2009: Ruby Red (Precious Stone Trilogy, #1) by Kerstin Gier
2010: A Tapestry of Spells (Nine Kingdoms, #4) by Lynn Kurland
2011: Just Like Heaven (Smythe-Smith Quartet, #1)-Julia Quinn
2012: If the Slipper Fits (Cinderella Sisterhood, #1) by Olivia Drake
2013: Run Wild (Escape with a Scoundrel, #1) by Shelly Thacker
2014: Snow Like Ashes (Snow Like Ashes, #1) by Sara Raasch
2015: Forever Your Earl (The Wicked Quills of London, #1) by Eva Leigh
2016: Soldier (Talon, #3) by Julie Kagawa (Completed: 07/10/16)

Finish the Series Challenge (3rd Quarter of 2016)

1/4 series finished
2/10 books finished
2 series to be finished outside of the challenge (other group)

1. The Talon Saga-Julie Kagawa: 3/3
• Talon (Talon, #1): 100% (Completed: 07/02/15)
• Rogue (Talon, #2): 100% (Completed: 10/07/15)
• Solider (Talon, #3): 100%(Completed: 07/10/16)

2. The Waterfire Saga-Jennifer Donnelly: 3/4
• Deep Blue (Waterfire Saga, #1): 100% (Completed: 02/21/16)
• Rogue Wave (Waterfire Saga, #2): 100% (Completed: 05/09/16)
• Dark Tide (Waterfire Saga, #3): 100% (Completed: 08/13/16)
• Sea Spell (Waterfire Saga, #4): 100% (Completed: 10/21/16)

3. The Inheritance Cycle-Christopher Paolini: 0/4
• Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle, #1): 380/503
• Eldest (The Inheritance Cycle, #2):
• Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle, #3):
• Inheritance (The Inheritance Cycle, #4):

4. The All Souls Trilogy-Deborah Harkness: 0/3
• A Discover of Witches (All Souls Trilogy, #1): 391/579
• Shadow of the Night (All Souls Trilogy, #2):
• The Book of Life (All Souls Trilogy, #3):

*5. Divergent-Veronica Roth: 0/3
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Other Series

6. The Hunger Games-Suzanne Collins: 3/3
• The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1): 100% (Completed: 12/27/15)
• Catching Fire (Hunger Games, #2): 100% (Completed: 02/15/16)
• Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3): 100% (Completed: 04/16/16)

7. Scandal & Scoundrel-Sarah MacLean: 1/2
• The Rogue Not Taken (Scandal & Scoundrel, #1): 100% (Completed: 03/22/16)
• A Scot in the Dark (Scandal & Scoundrel): 181/400

1. For fiction, do you prefer historical settings, fiction set in modern times, or fiction that takes place in the future?
Historical settings

2. Would you rather read a YA or adult book?
Either

3. What three genres are you interested in reading next month?
Historical romance, epic fantasy romance, and horror

4. Have you participated before?
Yes

Anissa wrote: "Please move my 2015 Member Corner to the 2016 thread. Thanks!"

Just wanting to make sure my post didn't get inadvertently missed.

Cassandra wrote: "Congratulations, Anissa!"

Thanks Cassandra!

Updated message 352-5/5-DONE!

Updated message #808

4,479/5,000

Kadijah Michelle wrote: "Anissa, I love your tracker. How did you get that?"

Thanks Kadijah! I just went to TickerFactory.com and created it under the "Objects/Actions Counter" option. It guides you though each step until an html code is generated to past into your message. Each one has it's own password/pin so you can make multiple tickers. I have one for each yearly challenge.

Please move my 2015 Member Corner to the 2016 thread. Thanks!

Updated message #808

4,287/5,000

A TO Z CHALLENGE-CHARACTER EDITION
Duration: January 1-December 31, 2016

I am in for all 26.




A: Astrid Kolfinnsdottier-Sea Spell
B: Bryn Aven-Frostfire
C:
D:
E: Ember Hill-Soldier
F:
G:
H:
I:
J:
K: Katniss Everdeen-Catching Fire
L:
M: Margaret Lea-The Thirteenth Tale
N:
O:
P:
Q:
R: Rosamund Walsingham-All the Queen's Players
S: Sophie Talbot-The Rogue Not Taken
T:
U:
V: Victoria Devane-Someone to Watch Over Me
W: Wilhelmina Korte-The Orphan Queen
X:
Y:
Z:

Updated #105-Apparently I had some difficulty counting (LOL!) but there are 8 years between 2009-2016.

Updated message #808

4,100/5,000

THE TBR RANDOMIZER CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1-December 31, 2016

I'm in for 10.




379-Holt's Gamble (Wild Western Heart Series, #1) by Barbara Ankrum

285-Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) by Marissa Meyer

243-A Rogue by Any Other Name (The Rules of Scoundrels, #1) by Sarah MacLean

9-Shotgun Bride by Karen Lopp

271-Sin and Sensibility (Griffin Family, #1)-Suzanne Enoch

358-Falling Kingdoms (Falling Kingdoms, #1) by Morgan Rhodes

150-The Constant Princess (The Tudor Court, #1) by Philippa Gregory

373-Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

391-Unveiled by Courtney Milan

232-A Wicked Thing (A Wicked Thing, #1) by Rhiannon Thomas

2016 LETS TURN PAGES CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1-December 31, 2016

I'll start with 7,000.




Completed
1. Frostfire (Kanin Chronicles #1)-Amanda Hocking: 90/90
(231 pages (2015) + 90 (2016)=321 pages; Completed: 01/24/16)
2. Catching Fire (Hunger Games, #2)-Suzanne Collins: 391/391 (Completed: 02/15/16)
3. Deep Blue (Waterfire Saga, #1)-Jennifer Donnelly: 324/324 (Completed: 02/21/16)
4. The Rogue Not Taken (Scandal & Scoundrel, #1)-Sarah MacLean: 419/419 (Completed: 03/22/16)
5. Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)-Suzanne Collins: 392/392 (Completed: 04/16/16)
6. Rogue Wave (Waterfire Saga, #2)-Jennifer Donnelly: 297/297 (Completed: 05/09/16)
7. All The Queen's Players-Jan Feather: 333/333 (122 pages (2015) + 333 (2016)=455 pages; Completed: 05/26/16)
8. The Thirteenth Tale-Diane Setterfield: 406/406 (Completed: 06/25/16)
9. Solider (Talon, #3)-Julie Kagawa: 416/416 (Completed: 07/10/16)
10. The Orphan Queen (The Orphan Queen, #1)-Jodi Meadows: 416/416 (Completed: 07/25/16)
11. Dark Tide (Waterfire Saga, #3)-Jennifer Donnelly: 398/398 (Completed: 08/13/16)
12. Sea Spell (Waterfire Saga, #4)-Jennifer Donnelly: 357/357 (Completed: 10/21/16)
13. Someone to Watch Over Me (Bow Street Runners, #1)-Lisa Kleypas: 362/362 (Completed: 12/22/16)

Work in Progress
14. A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy, #1)-Deborah Harkness: 391/579
15. Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)-Sarah Maas: 74/405
16. An Equal Music-Vikram Seth: 164/383
17. The Dragon Keeper (Rain Wild Chronicles, #1)-Robin Hobb: 21/553
18. All the Light We Cannot See-Anthony Doerr: 72/484
(47 pages (2015) + 484 pages (2016)=531 pages)
19. Outlander (Outlander, #1)-Diana Gabaldon: 39/642
20. Ticker-Lisa Mantchev: 30/276
21. The Dragonstone (Mithgar Series, #1)-Dennis McKiernan: 68/576
22. Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle, #1): 380/503
23. A Scot in the Dark (Scandal & Scoundrel, #2)-Sarah MacLean (181/400)
24. Seraphina (Seraphina, #1)-Rachel Hartman (190/499)
25. A Whole New World (A Twisted Tale, #1)-Liz Braswell (210/384)
26. Matched (Matched, #1)-Ally Condie (233/369)
27. A Tapestry of Spells (Nine Kingdoms, #4)-Lynn Kurland (231/368)
28. Ruby Red (The Ruby Red Trilogy, #1)-Kerstin Gier (13/322)
29. Falling into Bed with a Duke (The Hellions of Havisham, #1)-Lorraine Heath (53/372)
30. Heir to the Duke (The Duke's Sons, #1)-Jane Ashford (15/384)

This sounds like an interesting challenge. Please sign me up for 2 pairs (4 books). Thanks!

1a. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
1b. A Widow's Walk: A Memoir of 9/11
Both books are about lost loved ones on 9/11

2a. An Equal Music
2b. The Inextinguishable Symphony: A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany
Both books are about musicians needing to overcome obstacles to their love

THE EVERY YEAR CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1-December 31, 2016

I'm in for 8, starting with the year I graduated with my Bachelors Degree (2009).




2009: Ruby Red (Precious Stone Trilogy, #1) by Kerstin Gier
2010: A Tapestry of Spells (Nine Kingdoms, #4) by Lynn Kurland
2011: Just Like Heaven (Smythe-Smith Quartet, #1)-Julia Quinn
2012: If the Slipper Fits (Cinderella Sisterhood, #1) by Olivia Drake
2013: Run Wild (Escape with a Scoundrel, #1) by Shelly Thacker
2014: Snow Like Ashes (Snow Like Ashes, #1) by Sara Raasch
2015: Forever Your Earl (The Wicked Quills of London, #1) by Eva Leigh
2016: Soldier (Talon, #3) by Julie Kagawa (Completed: 07/10/16)

Updated message 352-3/5